Schiehallion
Harviestoun in Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland 🏴
Lager - Pilsener Regular|
Score
6.57
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Named after a famous local mountain – Schiehallion (pronounced ‘She-hal-i-on’) presented a huge challenge – creating a Pilsner the Czech would be proud of. Brewed with lager malt and Hersbrücker and Challenger hops. Fermented with a lager yeast.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Bohemian Pilsener or 'světlý ležák' by Scottish Harviestoun; enjoyed from a bottle at Aberdeen airport as the last Scottish beer of my trip in Scotland (ignoring a Punk IPA by BrewDog). Snow white, bubbly, medium thick, lightly lacing, breaking head over a crystal clear pale 'metallic' brass-golden robe with lively sparkling. Aroma of dried white bread, grass, petrichor, wet cereals, ferrous spring water, dried flowers, green tree leaves in spring. Rounded grainy onset, sweetish with lots of prickly carbonation forming an important minerally undercurrent, running through the whole like a babbling mountain brook. Greenish-cereally malts remain pure till the end, rounded and thereafter bittered by a grassy, even rooty, 'green', very credible, even somewhat 'raw' hoppiness. Quite a solid and pure Pilsener, above average for one not made in its home region, I would say.
Tried
on 05 Sep 2025
at 22:27
5.6/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
tap at GreyFriars pub in St Andrews Scotland. Nice local lager, easy to drink, great post round
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Aug 2025
at 05:51
6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2025
at 20:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Poured light reddish brown, aroma of grass and some mild peat or maybe I’m being swayed. Very good session lager
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:07
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Old rating from 03-10-15 - 500ml bottle, pours a clear yellow body with a medium white head. Aromas of fruit, grass & hops. Taste is grainy with grapefruit, herbs & hops. Aftertaste is dry, light, and a little bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 May 2025
at 15:46
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Aroma of malt, grains, grassy notes. Flavour is light sweet with a moderate bitter finish. Okay Lager.
Tried
on 16 Feb 2025
at 13:17
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from lowcostbeer.com, BBE unknown. Pours a clear gold, small white head, leaves a nice top with lacing. Aroma grain, sweetness, floral and citrus hops. Decent depth for a lager. Taste is biscuit, honey, lime, floral sap, crisp grassy bitter bite. Light to medium bodied, soft carbonation. Excellent craft lager. One of the best lagers I've had.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:23
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle 0,5ltr: Scottish lager brewed in the best Czechs way. Golden coloured with a grassy/fruity taste and a well sweet bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2024
at 11:46
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
18/7/2024. Cask at the 2024 Chelmsford Summer Beer & Cider Festival. Pours clear golden with a small bubbly/frothy off-white head. Good looking beer. Aroma is malt, caramel, grains, citrus, grass, gooseberry, passion fruit. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness and body. Oily, smooth, soft carbonation. Nice bitterness to finish. Likeable and more enjoyable from cask.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Jul 2024
at 09:17
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Gold with a frothy, white head. Grainy aroma. Highlight is the taste, a pleasant, crisp bitterness with some soft, doughy sweetness underneath. Body to the light side of medium, balanced carbonation. Drinkable.
Tried
on 11 Feb 2024
at 18:10